SPD to Kiel-Pleite Save him, who can

If it does not, then even the little things go by. Then at some time a waiter in the SPD headquarters also slips a tray full of glasses and bottles from the hand. It is a very bitter evening for him and his party, so the SPD leader and Chancellor candidate Martin Schulz does not want to argue. "I am 

annoyed," says Schulz on the small platform in the Willy-Brandt-Haus. The election in Schleswig-Holstein should give its campaign a new impetus - now exactly the opposite has happened. Instead of a strong backwind from the Kiel Fjord, the question arises: Can the SPD under Schulz actually win elections? Or was it all just a virtual vortex, no more than a survey phenomenon? Even the Saarland 

election five weeks ago ended for the Social Democrats disappointing. Whoever is listening to the SPD this evening gets the impression that there is a culprit for the bankruptcy in the north: Prime Minister Prime Minister Torsten Albig. This interpretation is, on the one hand, tactically motivated to protect Chancellor candidate Schulz. However, the official has indeed made some mistakes. Lastly, 

he gave a "colorful" interview together with his new partner, in which Albig complained that he could no longer exchange with his ex-wife as housewife and mother. Albig in the video: "This is a bitter day for the Social Democracy!"

In the SPD, no one wants to imagine this. If power in the red parent country does not hold the state chancery, Schulz may well end his efforts as a chancellor candidate. From a defeat in the most populous German federal state, the SPD will probably not be able to recover until the Bundestag election - especially since the Rhinelander Schulz himself comes from NRW. 

And even a success in the social-democratic North Rhine-Westphalia would be no more than a compulsory pay for the SPD. The CDU can therefore look relatively relaxed to Düsseldorf. The pressure on Schulz and, above all, strength is immense. The party itself will be completing numerous performances in NRW this week. "Tomorrow we go to work,"

 he says, looking at the election campaign. Economic policy speech on Monday But what else can he do to turn the mood back into his favor? On Monday, Schulz will make a substantial contribution, which he promises a lot of: At the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the party chairman will give a speech on his economic policy program.

 The aim is to supplement the righteous motif of his previous campaign. However, it would not be easy to get through the day after the Kiel election and the presidential election in France. Anyway, some observers are wondering why Schulz has waited so long. The fact that it is still largely open, for which it is content, could be an explanation for the sinking survey values ​​of the SPD. In addition, the craftsmanship of his people in the Willy-Brandt-Haus. Even though it is sometimes only small things, but sometimes they have a great effect: Like the photo, which Schulz recently looked grimly out of the window, while he was driving through a real (Schulz) train through Schleswig-Holstein. Scorn and mockery knew no boundaries. Schulz with comrades on the train 

DPA Schulz with comrades on the train And what about the much-bragging intimacy of the party leader with his predecessor Sigmar Gabriel, the current Foreign Minister? Gabriel, always climbing new heights of popularity, is presenting a new book in Berlin on Monday with Schulz's speech, as a competition event. Teamplay looks different. There is one thing, however, after this election, which gives hope to the Social Democrats with a view to the Bundestag election: Kiel has shown that the holders of the office can very well be voted out. Only: Merkel is not Albig.